diff --git a/icu4j/main/classes/core/src/com/ibm/icu/message2/MessageFormatter.java b/icu4j/main/classes/core/src/com/ibm/icu/message2/MessageFormatter.java
index 4e9bc13a944..7514f376bac 100644
--- a/icu4j/main/classes/core/src/com/ibm/icu/message2/MessageFormatter.java
+++ b/icu4j/main/classes/core/src/com/ibm/icu/message2/MessageFormatter.java
@@ -79,11 +79,11 @@ import java.util.Map;
*
*
* | {@code arguments.put("exp", new Date(…))} |
- * {@code }$exp :datetime skeleton=yMMMdE~}
{@code }$exp :datetime datestyle=full~} |
+ * {@code }$exp :datetime skeleton=yMMMdE~}
{@code }$exp :datetime datestyle=full~} |
*
*
* | {@code arguments.put("val", 3.141592653)} |
- * {@code }$val~}
{@code }$val :number skeleton=(.####)~} |
+ * {@code }$val~}
{@code }$val :number skeleton=(.####)~} |
*
*
* | No argument for fixed values known at build time |